Sele

Pronunciation

• IPA: /siːl/
• Homophones: seal
• Rhymes: -iːl

Origin

From Middle English sele ("Happiness, good fortune, bliss; an occasion, period of time"), from Old English sǣl, sel

Full definition of sele

Noun

1. (obsolete or dialectal) Happiness, fortune.
2. (obsolete or dialectal) The right time or occasion for something, an opportune moment.
3. greeting, salutation
• 1862, George Borrow, Wild Wales Its People‚ Language and Scenery Chapter Chapter XXXV, I found my friend honest Pritchard smoking his morning pipe at the front door, and after giving him the sele of the day, ...
• 1897, William Morris, The Water of the Wondrous Isles Chapter Chapter XIV. The Black Knight Tells the Truth of Himself, When the morning was come ... so she arose and thrust her grief back into her heart, and gave her fellow-farer the sele of the day, ...

Anagrams

• eels, else, lees, lese, seel